What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud & Systems Architect position at ARK Solutions, Inc.?
Cloud & Systems Architect
Seeking for a Cloud and Systems Architect to play a key role in assisting the oversight, management, and execution of cloud services and platforms to support infrastructure, applications, data, and other business needs.
Primary Responsibilities Include:
- Design, upgrade, administer, test, and modify the virtual desktop infrastructure environment
- Assist in ongoing modernization and migration efforts for applications, data, and infrastructure
- Oversight and management of Microsoft 365 environments
- Oversight and management of other Microsoft platforms and/or environments
- Oversight and management of identity platforms
- Oversight and management of a multi-cloud environment
- Architect, design, facilitate, lead, coordinate, and direct technology initiatives on multiple fronts across a variety of disparate areas within the organization. This could include Infrastructure administration, application development, data management & analytics, cybersecurity, external hosting, identity and access management, infrastructure, network, security hardening, privacy, and compliance.
Job Duties/ Tasks:
- Build and manage relationships in a matrixed environment.
- Recommend and assist with the building and hosting of complex application solutions.
- Understand, deploy, and manage Microsoft Azure and/or other cloud services.
- Understand, deploy, and manage Microsoft Power Platform.
- Find opportunities to refactor solutions to obtain better performance, cost, and efficiency.
- Enhance infrastructure, application, and system monitoring solutions to prioritize system uptime.
- Review, advise, and design based on risks, costs, benefits, and impact on the enterprise business process and goals.
- Automate processes wherever possible.
- Create and manage Azure DevOps projects, git repositories, and pipelines.
- Oversee and configure Azure DevOps organizational settings.
- Troubleshoot issues brought forth by developers and other architects.
- Present to your peers on findings of new technologies, enterprise-wide issues, and enhancements you have made to better the mission.
Job Specific Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):
- Strong analytical skills to determine an organization's needs, develop strategies to meet those needs, and evaluate effectiveness.
- Ability to categorize work, set priorities, and determine short and/or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them.
- Ability to troubleshoot and diagnose problems effectively regardless of technology platform.
- Ability to document and automate administrative tasks to reduce manual work
- Able to easily convey knowledge to others.
- Proficiency in working in a fast-paced, complex, and dynamic business environment.
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Azure Services.
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Server products.
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform.
- In-depth knowledge of Linux (Redhat and Ubuntu).
- Strong grasp of IT infrastructure and application development technology and architectures.
- Strong grasp of Linux administration, including Linux patching.
- Knowledge of assessment and analytical processes and practices.
- Skill in strategic planning.
- Skill in researching, compiling, and analyzing data to report findings and develop improvement solutions.
- Skill in system administration and hosting across a wide range of solutions.
- Ability to research, identify, and implement innovative solutions.
- Ability to communicate effectively; both verbally and written.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
- Ability to work independently and as a team.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or another related field
- 4 years of experience can substitute for education
Experience:
- 2 – 3 years of strong professional experience as a Microsoft Azure cloud systems architect is required.
- 2 – 3 years of experience with other cloud providers, such as AWS or GCP is highly desired.
- 5 - 8 years of professional experience in information systems engineering or another related field is required.
- 5 years of professional experience supporting middleware such as API Management, IT Service Automation tools, and batch job services is highly desired.
- 2 - 3 years of professional experience in the administration of Microsoft software is highly desired.
- 2 - 3 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture is required.
